Next-generation Mazda RX Car To Be a Rotary Hybrid

Will it be an RX-7 or an RX-8? That was the million dollar question Mazda was faced with regarding its RX-8 successor. We're hearing from Japan that Mazda has decided that it will follow more in the steps of the RX-8, coming in the form of either a 4-door sports car (like the current RX-8) or a 2+2. It will not be a pure 2-seater like the last generation RX-7.

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The surpise here is that the new rotary will have company in the engine bay via forced induction or some other kind of assist. There are murmurs that the company is working on a hybrid version using the rotary engine. Details are still sketchy at best, but the good news is that we're relatively sure that the rotary engine and the RX name is here to stay.